Buffing-hood.



W. E; GREASE.

BUFFING HOOD.

APPLICATION 111.111) APILZ'L 1911.

1,007,272. Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

COLUMBIA Pumoumni co.,'wl1s1-1ma-rou, D. C.

UNITED STATES ATENT QFFICE.

WALTER E. GREASE, OF EAST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND.

BUFFINGr-HOOD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER E. GREASE, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Greenwich, in the county of Kent and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buffing-Hoods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bufling hoods commonly used by jewelers and silversmiths in polishing goods.

The object of the invention is to provide means for catching and holding particles of gold or other precious metal thrown off from the buffing wheel so that the same can be readily reclaimed.

\Vith the above and other incidental ob jects in view the invention consists in arranging a section of felt or similar material in such position with respect to the polishing wheel that the precious metal will be caught by the felt, combined with means for maintaining the felt in a dampened or moistened condition at all times in order to cause the particles of precious metals to adhere to the felt.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention showing the buffing wheel in dotted lines, Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail perspective views.

The hood is comprised of the bottom 1, ends 2 2 which are of curved form, as shown in the drawing, the back 3, the front 4, and the ledge 5 which forms a continuation of the front 4. On the bottom of the hood 1s located a pan 6 which is provided with a longitudinal partition 7 at its front portion, forming a compartment in which a small pan 8 fits, the latter being employed for the purpose of holding material used on the buffing wheel in the polishing or finishing process. The back side of the pan 6 is formed with a series of upright perforated bosses 9 in the perforations of which wires 10 engage. By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the wires 10 have the same conformation as that of the back 3 of the hood.

The felt section consists of two pieces, a front piece 11 and a back piece 11" which are stitched together, as indicated in Fig. 1, at 13 to form pockets into which are inserted Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 27, 1911.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Serial No. 623,650.

the wires 10 which support the felt in posi tion, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the felt having its lower end portion passed over the top edge of the back side of the pan 6 and over the bosses 9, the wires 10, as depicted in Fig. 2, being passed through the felt as therein shown. It will thus be seen that the back section of felt 11 is held against the back of the hood against movement.

Inoperation the pan 6 is filled with water and the felt by virtue of its lower end extending into the pan, will always be main tained in a damp or moistened condition due to capillary attraction, whereby the particles of gold or other precious metal thrown off of the bufling wheel will adhere to the felt and by removal of the latter can be reclaimed with little or no loss.

The buffing wheel is designated 12 in the drawings, its shaft 12 being passed through an opening provided in one of the ends 2 of the hood, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a bufling hood, a section of felt in said hood, adjacent the butling wheel, means to secure the felt in position, and means to maintain the felt in a damp or moistened condition.

2. In a bufling hood, a pan therein for containing water, a section of felt having its lower end extending in said pan so as to extend in the water, and means to secure the felt in position.

3. In a buffing hood, a pan arranged therein for containing water, a series of vertical perforated bosses carried by the pan, a section of felt arranged to engage the back of the hood and to have its lower portion extend in the pan, and wires engaging the felt and having their lower ends extending in the perforations of the bosses.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER E. GREASE.

Witnesses ADA E. HAGERTY,

J. A. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

